Detroit continues to die

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Detroit continues to sidestep BIG issues:

- crushing taxes and regulations,

- poor municipal services

- failing public school system

The city had the second-highest home and industrial property taxes
in the nation while commercial property was taxed the highest
of the nation’s 50 largest cities.

This is combined with a business and regulatory environment
that is the worst in Michigan [[and perhaps the nation).
The city requires occupational licenses for dozens of jobs
that almost no other city requires, like auctioneers, landscapers, batting cage operators, etc. Business licenses are even more obscene,
with fees that were way above and beyond most cities –
for things like a $400 “awning tax” and $1,800 valet license.
It was four-and-a-half times more expensive to start a food business
in Detroit than New York City.